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A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER
FREEDA MAE SHAFFER BAILEY SLOOP
JANUARY 19th, 1938--MAY 8th, 2008
FREEDA MAE SHAFFER WAS BORN JANUARY 19th, 1938 TO THE PARENTS OF RALPH HARRY SHAFFER AND PAULINE COLE HAYNES, IN KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. HER FATHER, RALPH, WORKED AT THE CHARLESTON BROOM FACTORY, WHERE HE CONTACTED TUBERCULOSIS AND WAS SENT TO A SANITARIUM, WHERE HE PASSED AWAY IN 1943, LEAVING PAULINE TO RAISE HER IN HER EARLY YEARS. AFTER RALPH'S DEATH IN 1943, FREEDA WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY HER AUNT AND UNCLE, ARNOLD AND RACHEL SHAFFER KIDD. FREEDA GRADUATED FROM JOHNSTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1955 AS VALEDICTORIAN OF HER CLASS. SHE SPENT HER CHILDHOOD IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA WHERE SHE MET LAWRENCE WOULDFORD BAILEY. SHE WENT ON TO MARRY HIM AND GAVE BIRTH TO SEVEN CHILDREN FROM 1957 TO 1964. FREEDA AND TONNIE EVENTUALLY MOVED TO COLUMBUS, OHIO WHERE SHE RAISED HER FAMILY MOSTLY BY HERSELF BECAUSE LAWRENCE WAS A HABITUAL DRUNK. MANY FAMILY MEMBERS HELPED HER ALONG THE WAY, UNTIL SHE MET WELSH WHITCOMB SLOOP AT A GAS STATION ON COLUMBUS' BOTTOMS AREA OF FRANKLINTON. FREEDA AND WELSH BOUGHT A HOUSE TOGETHER IN THE NEW ROME, OHIO AREA IN 1970. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1973. FREEDA HELD MANY JOBS IN HER LIFE, WORKING FOR THE STATE LAUNDRY, AMERICAN RED CROSS, SEARS DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND EVENTUALLY OBTAINED HER LPN LICENSE FROM THE STATE OF OHIO. SHE WORKED AT THE CENTRAL OHIO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL ON COLUMBUS' HILLTOP WHERE SHE HAD TO GO ON DISABILITY RETIREMENT. WELSH PASSED AWAY IN 1989 AND FREEDA LIVED ALONE, UNTIL 1996 WHEN SHE MOVED IN WITH HER OLDEST SON, TONNIE AND HIS WIFE IN GALLOWAY, OHIO. SHE LIVED THERE FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS WHEN TONNIE AND HIS WIFE DIVORCED. SHE LIVED WITH OTHER CHILDREN UNTIL HER DEATH IN 2008. FREEDA HAD DIABETES, WHICH CAUSED MANY COMPLICATIONS TO HER HEALTH. SHE ENTERED THE HOSPITAL IN FEBRUARY 2008 DUE TO AN INFECTION IN HER TOE, WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO LEG AMPUTATION. SHE WAS RELEASED FOUR DAYS AFTER THE AMPUTATION AND SENT TO FRANKLIN WOODS NURSING AND REHAB CENTER, WHERE SHE PASSED AWAY TWO DAYS LATER ON MAY 8th, 2008
ANCESTRY DOCUMENTS BAILEY ANCESTRY FAMILY NEWS MEMORIAL PAGE MY LIFE
PHOTO GALLERY WW SLOOP TRIBUTE WV CEMETERIES